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ISM volunteer shot, hospitalized; ISM co-founder arrested
19 March 2010 UPDATE: Huwaida Arraf released on 20 March after being illegally under arrest for 31 hours. Eight of these hours were spent standing in the cold in the illegal Halamish settlement. During this time she witnessed the border police by whom she was detained abuse the two Palestinian men who were also illegally […]
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Bil’in and Ni’lin demonstrate in the face of closed military zone orders
International Solidarity Movement 19 March 2010 The smell of tear gas hung over the villages of Ni’lin and Bil’in today. The shouts demanded an end to apartheid and access to farmlands. The odd and surreal status quo was maintained this Friday. The attempts to squash the nonviolent popular resistance have been in vain. Like the […]
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ISM activists to face first hearing, Supreme Court rules arrests illegal
19 March 2010 International Solidarity Movement For immediate release: The Israeli Supreme Court handed down its verdict last week regarding the arrest of International Solidarity Movement activists Bridget Chappell and Ariadna Jove Marti from Ramallah on February 7. The decision ruled that the arrests were illegal, but refrained from further comment on which Israeli department […]